This Week in SABR: June 20, 2025
Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, June 20, 2025.
Click here to view this newsletter on the web.
SABR 53 convention begins next week in Texas
Deadline extended: Students, apply now for a Negro Leagues Yoseloff Scholarship
Call for papers: SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
Campaign for Baseball Research: Thanks for your support!
Download the 2025 SABR Annual Report
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One week left before SABR 53 in Texas!
At SABR 53, our Texas-sized speaker lineup will include Hall of Famers Ferguson Jenkins and Iván Rodríguez, and Rangers World Series-winning manager Bruce Bochy and President of Baseball Operations Chris Young. Click here to learn more about our Featured Speakers.
Single-day registration for SABR 53 on June 25-29, 2025, at the Westin DFW Airport Hotel in Irving, Texas, is now available at SABR.org/convention. Full or single-day registration can be purchased online in advance or on-site during convention registration hours beginning on Wednesday, June 25 at the Westin hotel.
The full schedule for SABR 53 is now available online, and each day is full of terrific panels, presentations, and committee meetings that we’re sure you’ll enjoy.
- Register now: Click here for complete details on full and single-day registration.
- Schedule: Click here to view the full SABR 53 schedule.
- Featured Speakers: Click here to learn more about our Featured Speakers.
- Research Presentations: Click here to view the full list of Research Presentations.
- Poster Presentations: Click here to view the full list of Poster Presentations.
- Committee Meetings: Click here for the schedule of Committee Meetings.
- Exhibitors Room: Click here to learn about our Exhibitors Room vendors.
- Transportation Tips: Click here for Dallas-Fort Worth transportation tips and area attractions.
Visit SABR.org/convention to learn more or to register today!
SABR 53 programming updates
Here are more schedule updates for SABR 53; check out the full schedule for more details:
- Fred Ortiz, Global Practice Director, Sports & Entertainment, and Partner at HKS, has been added to the Texas Rangers Ballparks Panel at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 26, replacing Jack Hill.
Seeking research presentation judges at SABR 53
Judges of oral and poster presentations are sought for SABR 53 in Texas. Winners of the Doug Pappas Award for oral presentations and the Best Poster Award will be determined based on the on-site judges’ evaluations.
You’ll submit scores for whichever presentations you choose to attend/view, using forms that will be provided. (If you’re presenting a poster, you can still judge oral presentations and vice versa.) After evaluations for all presentations have been completed, a judges’ meeting will review the outcomes and make the final decisions.
To volunteer to be a presentation judge at SABR 53, or if you have any questions, please contact Neal Traven.
A look back at the 1994 SABR convention in Arlington
Next week, the annual SABR convention will return to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex for the first time in three decades. We’ll visit Globe Life Field for a ballpark tour and Texas Rangers game and hear from a star-studded lineup of speakers. Back in 1994, The Ballpark at Arlington was the Rangers’ brand-new home, having opened earlier that season.
SABR’s 24th annual convention on June 16-19, 1994, drew 405 members and guests to the Arlington Marriott hotel for a packed schedule that included four panels, plus talks by recently retired Rangers star Nolan Ryan at the Friday luncheon and Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts at the Saturday banquet, which was emceed by broadcaster Gene Elston and included musical entertainment by Texas League president Bobby Bragan. John Thorn and Negro Leagues legend Buck O’Neil participated in a special session previewing the upcoming Ken Burns documentary series, Baseball, which aired on PBS later that year. A players panel included Roberts, O’Neil, Bragan, Frank Lucchesi, J.C. Hartman, and Charlie Pride.
Click here to read the full article at SABR.org.
Deadline extended! Students, apply now for a Negro Leagues Yoseloff Scholarship
With generous funding from The Nanar and Anthony Yoseloff Foundation, Inc., SABR will award up to four scholarships to high school or college students to attend the Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference on August 7-9, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky. This scholarship will pay for registration, transportation and lodging (double occupancy) up to a total value of $1,250. The objective of this scholarship fund is to encourage high school and college-level student engagement with baseball research and to engender an active interest in baseball and SABR.
- Download an application form: Click here to download a Yoseloff Scholarship form to attend the 2025 Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference
All applications must be postmarked or e-mailed to Scott Carter at scarter@sabr.org no later than June 23, 2025.
All baseball fans are welcome to attend the 2025 Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference. Full and single-day registration is available for a discounted rate before July 7, 2025.
- Register: Click here to register online for the 2025 Malloy Conference. Full registration is $175 before July 7, $195 afterward. Students: $65 before July 7, $75 afterward. Single-day registration is also available for $70 for Friday or Saturday before July 7; $90 afterward. Extra tickets can be purchased for Thursday’s Education Forum at the Galt House, Thursday’s “meet and greet” reception at the Roots 101 African American Museum, Friday’s Louisville Bats baseball game at Slugger Field, or Saturday’s awards banquet at the Galt House. All of these sessions are included in the full registration package.
- Hotel: A special group rate at the Galt House Hotel of $159/night (plus tax) is available to registered convention attendees. To book your room, click here or call 502-589-5200. The Galt House Hotel is located at 140 N. 4th St., Louisville, KY 40202.
- Schedule: Click here to view the 2025 Malloy Conference schedule.
- Information Packet: Click here to download the Malloy Conference informational packet (PDF)
- Contact: For questions, email Leslie Heaphy at Lheaphy@kent.edu.
Visit SABR.org/malloy for more information or to register.
Call for papers: SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center have announced a call for papers for the seventh annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference, scheduled as a virtual event for September 19-21, 2025.
Registration information will be available soon at SABR.org/women-in-baseball-conference.
The theme for this year’s conference is “Women Beyond the Diamond.” Topics can focus on ideas such as announcers, owners, executives, writers, artists, architects, and much more. All topics and time periods related to women’s baseball are welcome. Abstracts accepted for posters and/or oral presentations.
Please submit abstracts of approximately 200 words, along with contact information and a short biography, by July 1, 2025, to Leslie Heaphy.
Join SABR on August 9 for Lefty O’Doul Monument Renovation and Celebration Event
Join us this summer for an unforgettable tribute to a San Francisco legend! SABR’s Lefty O’Doul Bay Area Chapter invites all baseball fans to a hometown hero celebration honoring Francis Joseph “Lefty” O’Doul, whose magnificent baseball grave monument has been fully restored at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in California.
- When: Saturday, August 9, 2025 at 9:30 a.m.
- Where: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, 1370 El Camino Real, Colma, CA 94014
- Cost: Free and open to the public
Click here to watch a promo video, produced by filmmaker and SABR member Jon Leonoudakis.
The celebration will begin with the dramatic unveiling of Lefty’s newly restored monument — an impressive 6-foot, 5-inch tall tribute that truly captures the essence of this baseball icon. Afterward, the festivities move to nearby Molloy’s Tavern, where we’ll raise a glass to celebrate Lefty’s 128th birthday surrounded by fellowship, good cheer, and our shared passion for baseball—America’s beloved national pastime.
The renovation was possible thanks to funding from the SABR Local Grants Program and the San Francisco Giants.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Save the date: Join us for SABR Analytics Conference on Feb. 27-March 1, 2026
Save the date! The 15th annual SABR Analytics Conference will be held on February 27-March 1, 2026, at the Beus Center for Law and Society on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix Campus in Phoenix, Arizona.
Registration information will be available at SABR.org/analytics beginning in the fall of 2025.
The Analytics Conference schedule will consist of research presentations and guest speakers from throughout the baseball analytics community, career development sessions led by experienced sports professionals, industry networking opportunities, and the Diamond Dollars Case Competition — all available for any aspiring front office executive or baseball fan to attend. Students will have opportunities for skill acquisition and development, including sessions on how to work with baseball-related data sets as well as databasing and SQL.
Visit SABR.org/analytics to learn more.
Campaign for Baseball Research: Thanks for your support!
Thank you so much for your support of SABR during our Campaign for Baseball Research. Because of the generosity of our donors, we were able to exceed our $75,000 goal for this fundraising effort!
As we’ve outlined in this campaign, research is at the heart of what we do as an organization. SABR’s online Research Collection and array of Research Resources are major sources of pride and a key component in our vision of becoming the essential community for the world of baseball. Thanks to your support, we have bolstered our ability to expand, maintain, and preserve SABR’s Research Collection and Research Resources for current and future generations of baseball enthusiasts.
Upon setting out on this campaign, we highlighted several initiatives that would be maintained and funded by a successful drive. Since we have reached our goal, we will be following through with our commitment to add the Seamheads Negro League statistical database to SABR’s Research Resources, alongside our continuing efforts to preserve and improve our existing resources and collections.
We’d again like to thank all SABR members for your support of the organization, and most especially those who participated in the Campaign for Baseball Research listed here.
— Scott Bush
Download the 2025 SABR Annual Report
SABR’s 2025 Annual Report was posted on the website this week and can be downloaded below:
On the Annual Reports page, you can download a copy of 2025 Chapter Reports, Committee Reports, and Chartered Community Reports in the Appendix files on that page. All previous SABR Annual Reports can also be found on the Annual Reports page.
Tickets now available for 2025 Saberseminar in Chicago
Sabermetrics, Scouting, and the Science of Baseball, a weekend seminar for the benefit of charity, puts you up close with some of baseball’s top coaches, statisticians, scouts, doctors, and scientists. This year’s Saberseminar will be held on August 23-24, 2025, at the Hermann Hall Conference Center in Chicago. Tickets are now available for sale at saberseminar.com, including discounted rates for students.
During this event, you will grasp how science is blended with advanced baseball statistics and traditional scouting assessments to produce outstanding results for teams. Don’t miss this special opportunity to learn about the deeper game of baseball from insiders and pros and meet people who love the game. Every penny earned during this baseball weekend will go directly to the Alliance to Cure Cavernous Malformation, the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, and our own scholarship fund.
Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.
1 new story published at SABR Biography Project
- Roy Hoar, by Bill Lamb
Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR BioProject or to get involved.
5 new stories published at SABR Games Project
- June 28, 1950: Ted Williams’s 23rd home run of the year wins game for Red Sox, by Bill Nowlin
- June 22, 1975: Dan Quisenberry’s unique journey begins with complete-game win for Waterloo Royals, by Kurt Blumenau
- August 15, 1995: Hours after Mickey Mantle’s funeral, a distraught Phil Rizzuto leaves Yankees broadcast booth early, by Harrison Golden
- May 23, 2004: Tom Glavine throws his first one-hitter as Met, by Thomas J. Brown Jr.
- October 2, 2005: Phillies win regular-season finale but fall short of playoffs, by Steve Ginader
Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.
Texas is Baseball Country articles added to Research Collection
When SABR members traveled to Dallas-Fort Worth for the 1994 convention, attendees received a copy of Texas is Baseball Country, edited by Howard Green, with a look back at the first hundred years of baseball in the Lone Star State, featuring articles from acclaimed sports writers Randy Galloway and Jim Reeves, broadcaster Gene Elston, and authors Talmage Boston, Nick Trujillo, and Tom Simmons.
All of the articles from Texas is Baseball Country can now be read online in the SABR Research Collection.
Click here to download a PDF edition of Texas is Baseball Country, the SABR 24 convention journal.
Stan Musial
Edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks
Visit SABR.org to download the free e-book edition or save 50% off the paperback edition of all Digital Library books.
Here are some SABR headlines from recent weeks that we don’t want you to miss:
- SABR Defensive Index rankings released through June 8
- View a collection of nearly 100,000 player surveys in the new Weiss Baseball Questionnaires collection
- Watch video highlights from 2025 SABR Analytics Conference
- Watch video highlights from 2025 Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Conference
- Watch a video replay of SABR webinar on Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe, and the Hall of Fame
- Read articles from Spring 2025 Baseball Research Journal
- Steve Steinberg, Lyle Spatz win 2025 SABR Larry Ritter Book Award
- SABR Digital Library: Here Comes the Pizzer: The Found Poetry of Baseball Broadcasts
- Learn more about recipients of SABR Local Grants in 2025
- SABR announces partnership, new book project with Irish American Baseball Society
- Hundreds of ProQuest US newspapers added to SABR Research Resources
- Call for papers: 2025 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference on September 19-21
- Browse the new, searchable SABR MLB Team Employee Database
- Find complete collection of SABR-Rucker Archive baseball images online
- Historical Black Newspapers Collection added to SABR Research Resources
- Get a gift for baseball fan in your life with the SABR Store @ CafePress
Please give a warm welcome to all new SABR members who joined this week! View more Members-Only resources at members.sabr.org or click here to download the Membership Handbook. Find contact information for any SABR member in the online Membership Directory.
| NAME | HOMETOWN | NAME | HOMETOWN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Abney | Madison, MS | Samuel Pickard | Newtown Square, PA | ||
| Jake Fisher | Washington, DC | Tyler Pride | Marysville, WA | ||
| John Gennantonio | Cincinnati, OH | Wesley Ritter | Madison Heights, MI | ||
| T.J. Lauerman | Teaneck, NJ | Patrick Saunders | Englewood, CO | ||
| Justus Martin | alexandria, VA | Jamie Sheetz | Kamas, UT | ||
| Eric Ostertag | High Point, NC | Andrew Sumutka | Forest Hill, MD | ||
| David Perrin | Greensboro, NC | David Walker | Riverton, UT | ||
| Chris Petersen | Southbury, CT | David Wills | Arcanum, OH |
- Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
- Video Replays: This week, we heard from Cassidy Lent of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library and Mark Panuthos (“Smokers and Saints”). Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.
Upcoming Virtual Meetings
- June 29: Baltimore Babe Ruth (MD) Chapter meeting with Adam Pohl (7:00 p.m. EDT)
Upcoming In-Person Meetings
- June 21: Babe ‘n’ Bob Chapter Breakfast (Edgewater, MD)
- June 21: Hank Gowdy Columbus Chapter book club meeting (Hilliard, OH)
- June 21: Rob Fitts: Collecting Japanese Baseball Cards (New York, NY)
- June 22: Central Illinois Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Normal, IL)
- June 25-29: SABR 53 (Dallas-Fort Worth, TX)
- June 29: Legends Remembered Live: A Tribute to Yogi Berra (Little Falls Twp, NJ)
To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.
- SABR 53: Check out the schedule of committee meetings at SABR 53 in Texas next week
- Ballparks: June 2025 newsletter
- Collegiate Baseball: Spring 2025 newsletter
- Latino Baseball: Spring 2025 newsletter
- Women in Baseball: Summer 2025 newsletter
Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.
- Elysian Fields Chapter: Summer 2025 newsletter (Northern New Jersey)
- Rogers Hornsby Chapter: June 2025 newsletter (Austin, TX)
- Ted Williams Chapter: June 2025 newsletter (San Diego, CA)
Sign up for SABR chapter announcements at SABR.org/chapters.
Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.
Here are some recent articles published by and about SABR members:
- Justice B. Hill: Black baseball managers receive recognition in new Negro Leagues Museum exhibit (Andscape)
- Rob Mains: Inequality, Mobility and Salary Caps: Of Dishwashers and Salary Caps (Baseball Prospectus)
- Tyler Kepner: For the surging Rays, solid starters grow on fruitful trade trees (The Athletic)
- Clinton Yates: Louisville’s run to Men’s College World Series in part due to Black baseball pipeline (Andscape)
- Russell A. Carleton: Do Home Runs Kill Rallies? (Baseball Prospectus)
- Alex Speier: From Nomar to Manny to Mookie: Looking at Red Sox trades involving franchise players, and how they’re relevant to Rafael Devers (Boston Globe)
- Grant Brisbee: Rafael Devers is walking more than ever, which is a good sign for his future (The Athletic)
- J.J. Cooper: Modern MLB Players Are Better Than Past Players—Here Are 5 Reasons Why (Baseball America)
- Jay Jaffe: Jo Adell Remains a Work in Progress — But He’s Making Progress (FanGraphs)
- Derrick Goold: Nolan Arenado’s 350th homer puts him in a golden group bronzed in Cooperstown (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- Paul Sullivan: 11 observations to kick off a Chicago sports summer, including updating the ‘Maddux’ to the ‘PCA’ (Chicago Tribune)
- Mark Simon: Which Infield Defense Has Been Best In 2025? (Sports Info Solutions)
- Davy Andrews: Oneil Cruz Looks Like a Center Fielder Now (FanGraphs)
- Mario Delgado Genzor: Ryan Walker’s Secret Superpower (Baseball Prospectus)
- David Laurila: Tampa Bay’s Jake Mangum Is An Old-School Baseball Player (FanGraphs)
- Matt Monagan: The tiny six-field, island paradise that boasts one pro ballplayer (MLB.com)
- Brian Smith: Arguably greatest outfielder of all-time may have played for Harrisburg Giants in Lancaster (Lancaster Online)
- Mark Kolier: Bob and Irish Meusel, a baseball family affair (Almost Cooperstown)
- Charlie Bevis: How the Red Sox Coped with Vietnam War Military-Service Duty, 1964 to 1970 (WordPress)
- Tiffany Babb: Interview with Mike Armstrong, from ComicCon to Fanatics Fest (The Fan Files)
- Jeff Cohen/Len Aberman: Baseball and BBQ interview with Tony Barnette (Baseball and BBQ)
- Steve Dunn: Pug, Fireball & Company interview with Jason Kempf (YouTube)
- Jason Schwartz: Collecting the Texas League Barrier Breakers (SABR Baseball Cards)
Please note: Some articles may require a separate subscription to view online. SABR does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any content that appears on a third-party website.
This Week in SABR is compiled by Jacob Pomrenke. If you would like us to include an upcoming event, article, or any other information in “This Week in SABR,” e-mail jpomrenke@sabr.org. To find past editions of TWIS, click here.
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Originally published: June 20, 2025. Last Updated: June 20, 2025.